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Survey: Parents increasingly ask doctors to delay vaccineshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3388518-survey-parents-increasingly-doctors-to-delay-vaccines.html
CHICAGO (AP) — Parents have increasingly pressured doctors to delay vaccines for young children, making their kids and others vulnerable to preventable diseases, a study suggests.
The findings are in a national survey of pediatricians and family doctors asked about parents wanting to postpone some of the many shots recommended for children younger than ag...Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:15:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3388518-survey-parents-increasingly-doctors-to-delay-vaccines.html2015-03-02T14:15:00ZMedical pot only OK for sick kids failed by other drugs: MDshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3321526-medical-pot-sick-kids-failed-drugs-mds.html
CHICAGO (AP) — With virtually no hard proof that medical marijuana benefits sick children, and evidence that it may harm developing brains, the drug should only be used for severely ill kids who have no other treatment option, the nation's most influential pediatricians group says in a new policy.
Some parents insist that medical marijuana has cured their...Mon, 26 Jan 2015 06:21:03 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3321526-medical-pot-sick-kids-failed-drugs-mds.html2015-01-26T06:21:03ZCDC: Circumcision benefits outweigh riskshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3237840-cdc-circumcision-benefits-outweigh-risks.html
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Tuesday released a draft of long-awaited federal guidelines on circumcision, saying medical evidence supports the procedure and health insurers should pay for it.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines stop short of telling parents to have their newborn sons circumcised. That is a personal decisi...Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:32:38 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3237840-cdc-circumcision-benefits-outweigh-risks.html2014-12-02T21:32:38ZStudy: Too many infants still sleep with blanketshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3235646-study-too-infants-sleep-with-blankets.html
CHICAGO (AP) — Too many U.S. infants sleep with blankets, pillows or other unsafe bedding that may lead to suffocation or sudden infant death syndrome, despite guidelines recommending against the practice. That's according to researchers who say 17 years of national data show parents need to be better informed.
THE STUDY Researchers from the National Inst...Mon, 01 Dec 2014 07:10:57 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3235646-study-too-infants-sleep-with-blankets.html2014-12-01T07:10:57ZPediatricians urge IUDs or implants for teen girlshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3123188-pediatricians-urge-iuds-implants-teen-girls.html
CHICAGO (AP) — Teen girls who have sex should use IUDs or hormonal implants — long-acting birth control methods that are effective, safe and easy to use, the nation's most influential pediatricians' group recommends.
In an updated policy, the American Academy of Pediatrics says condoms also should be used every time teens have sex, to provide protection a...Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:30:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3123188-pediatricians-urge-iuds-implants-teen-girls.html2014-09-29T15:30:00Z